Improvisation Pop Piano

Notes on the keyboard, piano fingering, treble and bass clef, the grand staff, chord charts, lead sheets and repeat signs

Notes and rests, bars and time signatures, counting, right-hand chord rhythms and ties

Semitones and tones, major and minor triads, C, G and F major, diatonic triads, pop progressions and hearing major vs minor

Root + chord, the sustain pedal, and each left-hand pattern as a solo and with right-hand chords

How to practise, your first improvisation, and play and sing

Ledger lines, key signatures, intervals, 6/8 time, triplets, more right-hand chord rhythms and song form

D major and B♭ major, relative major and minor, minor scales, and triads in five keys

Triad inversions, smooth changes, sus chords, slash chords, cadences, two-note harmony and more pop progressions

Three new left-hand patterns, from bass note and chord to a rolling harp-like pattern in eight even quavers

Pentatonic fills and improvisation, hearing chord changes, and play and sing

Syncopation, semiquavers, left-hand styles, swing and shuffle, and grooves

A major and E♭ major, the 2-5-1, turnarounds, pedal tones and more pop progressions

Diatonic, major, minor and dominant 7ths, 7ths in three notes, smooth 7th changes, and add9 and add2 chords

Five new left-hand patterns, including the 3+3+2 octave bass and a walking passing-note bass

Three-note harmony, fills, improvising on 7ths, hearing 7ths, and play and sing

E major and A♭ major, and moving songs into friendlier keys

Passing diminished chords, 6ths and the line cliché, the surprise major chord, and the sad minor iv

Two new left-hand patterns, the arch up to the 12 and a deep bass climbing to the 10, plus mixing patterns within a song

Intros, endings, last-chorus key changes, fills and the blues scale

Real melody rhythms, reading real lead sheets, playing by ear, arranging a song, hearing chord colours and a final performance